Township 21S Range 12W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 1.0 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

36Sections

36Measured

1.0 ftMedian change

StaffordCounty

What has happened in township 21S12W

Median depth went from 23.2 ft before development to 24.2 ft — a change of 1.0 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 19. Shallower: 11. Sharpest fall, section 03 at 6.0 ft; largest rise, section 23 at 2.7 ft.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 21S Range 12W — depth to water before the aquifer was developed, against the 2022–2024 surface, in feet below ground. A plus sign means the water is deeper than it was; a minus sign means it is shallower. A dash means one of the two is missing; ≥ marks a change computed from a figure floored at ground level.
Sec.	Before	2022–24	Change
01	31.7 ft	34.1 ft	+2.4
02	28.7 ft	33.0 ft	+4.3
03	31.9 ft	37.9 ft	+6.0
04	18.5 ft	23.6 ft	+5.1
05	23.2 ft	28.1 ft	+4.8
06	19.2 ft	25.1 ft	+5.9
07	17.4 ft	20.4 ft	+3.1
08	19.9 ft	23.0 ft	+3.1
09	17.9 ft	22.7 ft	+4.8
10	26.8 ft	32.0 ft	+5.2
11	25.9 ft	30.9 ft	+5.0
12	27.5 ft	31.0 ft	+3.5
13	27.6 ft	27.6 ft	0
14	29.0 ft	29.6 ft	+0.6
15	20.2 ft	22.5 ft	+2.3
16	20.8 ft	23.2 ft	+2.4
17	23.2 ft	24.2 ft	+1.0
18	18.1 ft	17.2 ft	−0.9
19	20.5 ft	19.2 ft	−1.2
20	23.1 ft	22.5 ft	−0.6
21	18.8 ft	22.5 ft	+3.6
22	22.8 ft	23.9 ft	+1.1
23	35.3 ft	32.5 ft	−2.7
24	26.5 ft	24.3 ft	−2.2
25	18.0 ft	15.9 ft	−2.1
26	31.0 ft	28.3 ft	−2.6
27	29.2 ft	29.3 ft	0
28	21.8 ft	23.3 ft	+1.5
29	21.6 ft	21.4 ft	0
30	19.4 ft	19.0 ft	0
31	17.9 ft	18.3 ft	0
32	23.8 ft	22.0 ft	−1.8
33	32.5 ft	30.7 ft	−1.8
34	33.8 ft	33.8 ft	0
35	26.3 ft	25.7 ft	−0.7
36	14.6 ft	13.5 ft	−1.1

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 21S range 12W

423 wells in township 21S range 12W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Kelly's Water Well Service, INC, 141. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 95.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (202), irrigation (74), domestic (73), domestic, livestock (43).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 21S range 12W, busiest first. The last column is the median depth those wells were drilled to — a driller’s own record of how far down the water was.
Driller of record	Wells	Years	Median depth	Median water level
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	141	1975–2016	95.0 ft	24.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	121	1975–2026	99.0 ft	21.5 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	40	1975–2025	115.0 ft	22.0 ft
Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC	34	1980–1985	90.0 ft	23.0 ft
Sam's Water Well Service	33	1985–1995	83.0 ft	19.4 ft
Peterson Irrigation, INC	19	1987–2008	100.0 ft	23.0 ft
Charles C. Myers Water Well Service	7	1975–1978	90.0 ft	18.0 ft
Patrick M Cobb	6	1980–1981	134.0 ft	18.3 ft
Patrick M. Cobb	3	1981	211.0 ft	24.3 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment INC	2	2008	140.8 ft	31.8 ft
Crowdis Ww Srvc	2	2021	110.0 ft	16.0 ft
Michael Peterson Irrigation, INC	2	2000–2001	82.0 ft	19.0 ft
Tyler Water Well Service, INC	2	2010	95.0 ft	0.0 ft
Clarke Well & Equipment, INC	1	2021	141.0 ft	30.0 ft
Clayton Engel	1	1983	48.0 ft	30.0 ft
Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC	1	2004	77.0 ft	0.0 ft
Duke Drilling Co., INC	1	1991	90.0 ft	18.0 ft
Joe Levingston	1	1985	80.0 ft	0.0 ft
Kansas Geological Survey	1	1990	111.0 ft	15.4 ft
Kaw Drlg. Co. INC	1	1985	85.0 ft	20.0 ft
Red Tiger Drilling CO	1	1988	102.0 ft	38.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent	1	2019	90.0 ft	27.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent., INC	1	2021	60.0 ft	9.0 ft
Sunflower Backhoe	1	2001	7.0 ft	0.0 ft

Wells by decade drilled, with the median depth reached and the median water level the driller measured on arrival.
Decade	Wells	Median depth	Median level
1970s	51	95.0 ft	21.0 ft
1980s	151	90.0 ft	22.0 ft
1990s	70	94.0 ft	20.0 ft
2000s	69	103.0 ft	22.0 ft
2010s	61	95.0 ft	22.0 ft
2020s	20	106.0 ft	24.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	202	94.0 ft
Irrigation	74	110.0 ft
Domestic	73	82.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	43	80.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	21	106.0 ft
Domestic, changed from Oil Field Water Supply	4	108.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	3	95.0 ft
Test hole/well	2	147.0 ft
Feedlot	1	85.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 21S range 12W, by the depth the driller reached. The water level is the one measured on arrival, which is a reading at a point — unlike the surface figures above. The first column is the WWC-5 record number.
Record	Year	Depth	Water level	Purpose	Driller
82277	1980	248.0 ft	35.0 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Patrick M Cobb
82118	1981	236.0 ft	24.3 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Patrick M. Cobb
303805	1997	220.0 ft	16.0 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
390249	1981	211.0 ft	26.8 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Patrick M. Cobb
391092	1981	203.0 ft	18.3 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Patrick M Cobb
303806	1997	165.0 ft	16.0 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
82301	1980	156.0 ft	26.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
116232	1997	156.0 ft	11.1 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
82211	1975	147.0 ft	21.0 ft	Test hole/well	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
407355	2007	146.0 ft	35.0 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC

Buying or drilling in township 21S range 12W?

The median section here has moved 1.0 ft. What that means for one quarter section takes someone on the ground. Tell us where; we pass the request on.

We are nobody's agent and have no arrangement with any firm today. What we do with this.

This township sits in Central and western Kansas. Stafford County, on 100 % of 423 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

18S32W 57.6 ft
18S33W 55.8 ft
18S35W 44.1 ft
18S36W 49.5 ft
18S37W 70.1 ft
20S13W 2.8 ft
20S33W 65.3 ft
21S13W 0.5 ft
21S33W 87.1 ft
22S11W 0.0 ft
22S12W -4.5 ft
22S13W 5.9 ft
22S14W 12.8 ft

Neighbours by the count of measured sections, not a ranking: the list slides with the township, so each of the 256 township pages is reachable from the others. All of them.